Ahhh the beautiful Belt Park(ing lot)way - where every trips takes twice as long due to ongoing construction
Heading down south towards Atlantic City – thinking positive thoughts for a winning weekend and spending time with my parents - Hop on board – the train is a rollin’
CONTROVERSIAL FIRST SESSION:
After printing out my $25 match play coupon, I sat down to play at a 6D game…hand 1: Bet 75+25match play — surrendered; hand 2: Bet 75+25match play — surrendered; hand 3: Bet 75+25match play — surrendered; hand 4: Bet 75+25match play — surrendered - so, aside from having to surrender four hands in a row, a controversy arose, as follows: The last time I played at this particular casino, the rule for surrender on match play was as follows:casino takes ½ of your chips and leaves the match play coupon alone - this time, they left the match play coupon alone but kept taking additional monies from my chips to compensate - I challenged them (dealer and pit boss) and, while they were initially confused, soon became steadfast in their position that they were correct - I changed tables and spoke to the floor supervisor about what had happened (he was not present at the time as he was floating) — he said he believed I was correct and called up to the shift boss - About 15 minutes later the shift boss came down and discussed it with me, informing me that I was indeed correct and they owed me some money - so, basically, they made it right and gave me back $12.50 x 4 hands = $50 Nice and easy once someone with “juice” appeared on the scene — shift boss then walked over to pit boss and dealer and walked them through the process (excellent management skills) - so now, after those 4 hands I was -200
SWITCHING TABLES: I know I should not play when I’m in a pissed-off mood but, I did - I lost the first 8 hands and then this happened: 2,2 v dealer 7: hand 1: 2,9 double and dealt a 6 for 17; hand 2: 2,8 double and dealt a 7 for 17 :drum roll: dealer: 7…turns over…you guessed it, an ACE - I pushed a few hands thereafter then actually won a hand before being dealt this: Ace,5 v dealer 5 - I doubled and was dealt a 4 for 20 - dealer: 5…turns over a 9, draws a 2, draws a 5 — losses piled up and, as it stood, I was down 1800
taking a break to collect my thoughts and enjoy a 5-hour energy
Cell phone charger number gazillion: I went back to the room and realized that, despite placing one of my many cell phone chargers by the front door this morning, I forgot it - Therefore, I proceeded to the casino gift shop which only had Android chargers lol - Got the car from valet and drove to Target (30 min. drive) to get yet another charger to add to my growing collection but, we now have juice!!!
Pre-dinner blackjack session: The drive to Target cleared my head and I set out to, in the words of Teddy KGB, “play some cards” - Not sure what I’ve done to piss of the blackjack gods in this or any other life but, I lost the first 23 of 28 hands (winning 2, surrendering 2 and pushing 1) The pit boss and I started counting the losses after I announced I had just lost 11 in a row - so, at the end of the shoe I was down for the day a total of 4300
Deep breaths, some stretching of my arms and I was ready for the next shoe…I started it with a BANG, putting up 400 and being dealt a blackjack - I left the 400 up and pushed the next three hands before getting a split: 6,6 v 3: hand 1: 6,4 doubled and dealt an 8; hand 2: 6,5 doubled and dealt a Queen - dealer: 3,8 then drew a 5 then a 7 BUST! The rest of the shoe was nice to me as well and, As it now stands, the trip is -900 WOO-HOO!!!
Dinner - I went to the player’s lounge for dinner and basically paid (they take comp dollars) $10 for a salt lick (the chicken, roast beef and potatoes all tasted like the Dead Sea)
Post-dinner blackjack session - I was dealt a first hand blackjack and a second hand double down to charge out of the gate — and then, about midway through the shoe I was 200 from being even, I was dealt a double down which would have put me back to even, but, alas, it was not to be as I lost that double, then the next seven hands, ending the shoe down 1100
A dealer change coupled the shuffle and off I went to seek the long last land of even–once again I was dealt a blackjack to start the shoe and, As the shoe went on, I started discussing various drinks with the pit boss and put playing on automatic pilot - By the time the shoe ended and I counted my chips, I was even–YES!!!
I colored in my chips and sought out some water to relieve the desperate thirst created by the player’s lounge dinner.